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Senator Yertle... er, McConnell is now You are not allowed to view links.
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Which of course, only makes things worse for Moore. *grabs a bag of popcorn*

Which of course, only makes things worse for Moore. *grabs a bag of popcorn*

Well, the only group that's unshakeably for him is his evangelical base. Mainstream Republicans -- even Alabama mainstream Republicans -- find him problematic for them at best.

It's telling that Moore is only averaging a couple points ahead of Jones in a state where Democrats rarely break the 40% margin. One poll by the Republican group JMC Analytics taken just as the news was breaking You are not allowed to view links.
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My own most disturbing takeaway from that poll is that 29% of respondents say the allegations make them more likely to vote for Moore, rather than less. Among self-identified evangelicals, that number rises to 37%. Yup, allegations of being a child molester make around 1/3 of the Alabama electorate more likely to vote for the molester.

My own most disturbing takeaway from that poll is that 29% of respondents say the allegations make them more likely to vote for Moore, rather than less. Among self-identified evangelicals, that number rises to 37%. Yup, allegations of being a child molester make around 1/3 of the Alabama electorate more likely to vote for the molester.

Yeah. And they'll explain exactly what they think the role of women should be in society: taken young and henceforth dominated by their husbands. Mere sexual assault seems pretty mild in comparison.

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But there’s a group of Moore’s allies for whom the basic idea of an unmarried older man “courting” a teenage girl is not anathema at all—fundamentalist home-schoolers. Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson, who endorsed Moore in the contested Republican primary and has spoken at his rallies, told an audience in 2009 that girls should marry when they’re “about 15 or 16.” Moore has appeared several times on a radio show hosted by Kevin Swanson, an ultra-conservative Colorado pastor who defended Robertson's notion that girls should marrying at 15 because it helps them avoid sexual sin.

Moore has an even deeper relationship with Doug Phillips, a disgraced leader in the “Biblical patriarchy” movement. Phillips was president of Vision Forum, a Texas-based organization devoted to the “restoration of the Christian household.” In Phillips’ world, men ought to be self-sufficient by the time they marry, but women live under their father’s authority until they marry. Ideally, in fact, a woman would live under her father’s literal roof until her wedding day. Phillips promoted the concept of “stay-at-home daughters,” in which girls live at home until they marry, often forgoing formal education and focusing on homemaking skills. Independence is essentially a flaw in a Christian wife, who, Phillips taught, should be willing to call her husband “Lord.”

Moore's attempt to worm his way out of this is that not only did he never do anything improper with her, You are not allowed to view links.
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Reminds me of That 70s Show when Kelso brags about having sex, is told that she's pregnant, then immediately pretends to not know her.

So far, only Rand Paul is standing by his endorsement (for now); every other Senator who endorsed Moore has retracted it. Even so, it looks like the GOP may find themselves forced to You are not allowed to view links.
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We're going to need more popcorn.

You are being distracted so you won't pay attention to the tax reform bill.

Meanwhile in other recent events .. FDR and Eleanor cheat on each other, and Eleanor is lesbian. Therefore they are unqualified to serve our fine Puritan nation.

Senator Yertle... er, McConnell is now You are not allowed to view links.
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Yertle, OMC! that is perfect. He IS known as "the Turtle", by temperment and appearance, but I never thought of Yertle...

And if Yertle says he believes the women, that is pretty much the opinion of the entire Senate Republicans because otherwise he would never have said it.